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Vintage Summer Love

June 15, 2015 by Holly Gagnon 8 Comments

I have a secret romance with anything to do with Cape Cod.  Maybe ’cause I was a Nanny on Nantucket for a Summer back in college? Nope- the kids were total Brat-O’s.  Maybe ’cause I spent part of my Honeymoon there?  Kennedy’s of Camelot?   Whatever it is…Cape Cod and my love of Vintage Summer decor has a special place in my heart.

Vintage Summer Decor made with @silhouetteamerica cut files

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The colors and embellishments of the Vintage Summer collection from Little Yellow Bicycle reminds me of clapboard cottages, sandy beaches and the quaint lighthouses of Cape Cod.  {Love, Love!}

My husband and I spent part of our honeymoon on Nantucket and since we recently celebrated our 14th anniversary, I got a lil’ sentimental and decided to make a Vintage Summer home decor project, mixed media style.

Nope, this isn’t a photo of us on on honeymoon either, we’re not even in Cape Cod, I just like it.

Lighthouse Die cut with Silhouette

Since the collection reminds me of clapboard cottages, I choose to include a wood element in my project by painting and distressing a wood board to use as the project base.

I used my Silhouette to cut out a Lighthouse cut file using a variety of the Vintage Summer cardstock, gave the windows texture by cutting small pieces out of a burlap tag and adhered them behind the windows.   Yes, cutting up a  burlap tag was a lil’ hard to do…Gulp!

Vintage Love Deocr

What’s unique about the Vintage Summer collection, is it pairs nicely with the Little Yellow Bicycle Naturals Collection.  I mixed and matched the collections together by combining the cork, burlap and the canvas embellishments. Dimentional Clouds cut with Silhouette

 

I machine stitched a zig-zag stitch around the edge of blue gingham paper, used my Silhouette again to cut out a Lori Whitlock Clouds  cut file then made them dimensional and  stuck a cute Vintage Summer stick pin and cork heart stick pin from the Naturals Collection.

So, what’s the beach without a cute beach bag?  I did mention how much I love these papers so I couldn’t resist creating another project out of it.

 

Beach Bag cut file made with @silhouetteamerica

 

I used my Silhouette again to cut out a Beach Style Gift Bag cut file from Megan Hardy Designs out of a piece of Patchwork Quilt paper then embellished the bag with Vintage Summer paper flowers and a Naturals wood button.

Gift Bag  made with @Silhouettepins
To make the bag even more cute, I added a Burlap tag with a Vintage Summer Verse Sticker,  a Wood Button, cute Stick Pin and a Naturals cork shape.  I seriously wish this a real beach bag too.  {Love it!}
 
 
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Filed Under: Altered Item, Home Decor, Scrapbooking, Sewing, Silhouette CAMEO, Wedding Tagged With: Beach Themes, Home Decor, Layouts, Sewing, Silhouette CAMEO, Wood

Comments

  1. Laurel says

    July 19, 2013 at 1:31 pm

    Congrats to you and such awesome projects!

    Reply
  2. Cathy C says

    July 19, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    Love both these projects. Awesome!

    Reply
  3. grannygears says

    July 20, 2013 at 12:53 pm

    Love both projects and love the paper! Hubby will be happy he was included 😉

    Reply
  4. Creative M says

    July 20, 2013 at 11:30 pm

    Awesome Projects!! My favorite is the Beach bag…Gorgeous paper!!
    Congrats to you!
    Have a wonderful day,
    Migdalia
    ♥ Crafting With Creative M (my blog)♥
    ♥ 2 Creative Chicks Challenges ♥
    ♥ Silhouette Challenges ♥

    Reply
  5. DIANA L. says

    July 24, 2013 at 7:18 pm

    What a great layout and beautiful colors.
    You could enter this in my DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anything Goes July Linky Party
    DIANA L.
    dianamlarson.blogspot.com

    Reply
  6. Leah the Orange says

    August 4, 2013 at 12:42 am

    these are FAB! love the lighthouse – so clever with the cutting! congrats on being a part of the LYB team! 🙂

    Reply
  7. Camila says

    June 17, 2015 at 7:11 am

    I’m loving every bit of these projects… I specially love the zig-zag. I must confess I’ve been wanting to do this for so long but I’m a bit scared of doing it. I don’t know, I might be silly but I’m scared of screwing it up either the paper or the machine LOL. Your project is so inspiring! Love it!!!

    XOXO

    Reply
    • Holly Gagnon says

      June 17, 2015 at 11:42 am

      Thank you so much Camila! I am by no means good at sewing but I can manage to sew paper. So just go for it and it definitely doesn’t have to be perfect! Also, if you mess up, pull out the thread and use a bone fold to flatten the paper back down, then start over. Will barely notice it. Good Luck- Holly 🙂

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